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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

September 2013 Budget Results.....Food & Toiletries Spending

Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for SEPTEMBER 2013.

I have posted September's totals on the Total Grocery Savings for 2013 Page located HERE and have updated the Yearly Totals there.
I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in September. If you aren't interested in that much detail, just skip to the bottom for the Totals Summary.

My spending includes Food, Toiletries/HBA, Pet Supplies, Cleaning Products, Paper Goods & tax where applicable. We are a family of 5(3 at home this month)& 2 dogs. No kids under 17.
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FARM STAND

OOP $22.40

Value $64.45

Savings 65.24%

FOOD LION
OOP $22.54
Value $30.31
Savings 25.63%

SHURSAVE STORES(small local independent affiliated stores)
OOP $90.31

Qs/Ads $111.71

Value $202.02

Savings 55.30%

WALMART
OOP $79.77
Qs/Ads $37.03
Value $116.80
Savings 31.70%

WEIS MARKETS

OOP $71.55

Qs/Ads $47.44

Value $118.99

Savings 39.87%

I am no longer adding my rebates received into my food budget directly. I will use them on food on occasion and will note that when used. I will keep track of rebates/gift cards/certs received here as before however.

REBATE CHECKS RECEIVED IN September.....$0.00

GIFT CARDS and CERTIFICATES....$0

TOTAL Value of Cash/Store Checks/Gift Card Rebates Received...$0.00

COUPONS and FREEBIES

Zero

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were at the Farm Stand 65.24%, at the Shursave Market at 55.30% and at the Weis Markets at 39.87%. I food/toiletries shopped at 5 different stores this past month.

TOTAL Out of Pocket........$316.01

TOTAL Coupons & Store Sales Savings...$216.56

TOTAL Value of Items Purchased............$532.57

TOTAL Savings of...................................40.66%

This closes out the September food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....

I went into September with my usual $400 budgeted for food/toiletries purchases.
I stayed under budget by about $80. It might have been by a wider margin had I not had a problem with my foot. Having to send Hubs out for groceries was both good and bad.....good in that, I was more apt to use stuff we already had at home and bad in that, when something was needed he didn't care to shop around for the best price or buy it when it was on sale. sigh.....
We did end up taking food to the Reunion and we spend more on eating out while on the trip, but the eating out $ comes out of Entertainment not the grocery kitty.

I did NO Rite-Aid shopping last month again. As we approach the holidays I will be going back to Rite-Aid a bit for their awesome Holiday specials, if they appear this season. Though I don't need any toothpaste, soap or shampoo for at least another year, I'll take some home if it's free or drastically discounted when I am there. 8-)

Looking ahead to October---We have our annual Ocean City October Get-Away coming up. #2 Son and whoever stays here with him will have to be fed so while a few days most of us won't be here to eat groceries will still need to be provided. I also have a couple of restaurant discount/freebie coupons that expire this month so Hubs and I will be going out to eat at least twice in October besides the OC trip. I really want to keep the OC trip food purchases low but that's a post for another day. ;-)

There are no birthdays or other activities going on in October that should make our food purchases rise above our $400 allotment.
I am going to work on using up some freezer goods this month to get ready to restock it with fresh meats.

And here is the run down of my Food & Toiletries Spending for 2013 so far this year--

2013 Total Saved $2,249.36

2013 Yearly Total Value of Items $5,522.65

2013 Yearly Total Spent $3,273.29

2013 Yearly Savings Total of 40.73%

In September, total savings percentage for the year has gone DOWN .01% over August's year-to-date total of 40.74%, to 40.73%. So we saw a VERY slight decrease in our savings rate on food/toiletries spending for the year.We are holding steady in the 40%s.Works for me! 8-)

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